Get Ready for Record Store Day 2012

This Saturday, April 21, marks the sixth edition of Record Store Day, a holiday for vinylphiles worldwide. In an age of music streaming services and online shopping, it's a chance to give a little back to the independently owned brick and mortar shops that nurtured your addiction in the first place, and help keep it alive today.

Founded by a group of enthusiasists in 2007, the event's grown exponentially over the past few years, and now encompasses some 700 stores around the US (and many more worldwide), who celebrate with special in-stores - and, of course, by selling special RSD releases (in three categories: exclusives available only from participating stores, super-duper-limited numbered editions only on sale in specific regions, and wide releases that'll be available first on RSD) from a similarly impressive number of labels big and small. You can find a full list of RSD 2012 releases on the RSD site, and you can find RSD-friendly record stores near you.